Homes and businesses around the Severn were badly hit earlier this year when heavy rainfall and storms caused flooding after water rushed down off the Welsh mountains.

In January, large parts of Worcestershire were swamped when the River Severn and its tributaries burst their banks.

People living in the area described it as the worst floods they had seen since the new millennium started. A Met office spokesperson said: "There is a chance of very heavy rainfall across the Midlands.

"The heaviest rain will be in East Anglia and the South East but the Midlands could be expecting anything up to 20 ml of water.

"Obviously we have only just had the snow and that has now thawed out leaving higher water levels anyway so anything else on top of that could cause problems. There will be a lot of surface water around so drivers should take extra care."